CDC Fact Sheet: Highlights of CDC Activities Addressing HIV Prevention Among African American Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men

Abstract

Among MSM in 2009, white MSM represented the largest number of new HIV infections (11,400),followed closely by black/African American MSM(10,800) and Hispanic MSM (6,000). Among all men in 2009, MSM accounted for 86% of new infections among white men, 73% of new infectionamong black/African American men and 81% of new infections among Hispanic men. Young black/African American MSM aged 13-29 are especially affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. While HIV incidence was relatively stable among MSM overall from 2006 through 2009, CDC estimates that new HIV infections among black/African American MSM aged 13 to 29 increased 48% during that four-year time period, with a statistically significant 12.2% estimated annual percentage increase.